Managerial Finance
Course material - 12 pages - Finance
Financial markets: - Financing investments (for firms) ; - Inter-temporal allocation of cash-flows (for consumers/investors) ; - Risk transformation: risk-diversification and tis-transfer (for firms and investors). Companies are the unit of observation of this course (companies raise capital and...
Statistics for Management - Tests Summary
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Assumptions: quantitative variable, normal distribution. Null: Sample mean is same as the population mean. Alternate: Sample mean is not same as the population mean. To compare the mean of two given samples. Assumptions: normal distribution of the sample. There are three versions of t-test : 1....
How and why do effectual entrepreneurs use business plans?
Essay - 2 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
The field of entrepreneurship has experienced remarkable progress over the past fifteen years. To begin with, there is a great amount of work that highlighted how the creation of new ventures opportunities can be discovered and exploited. The Theory of Effectuation, developed by Sara Sarasvathy...
Are entrepreneurs born or made?
Essay - 2 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are seen as pillars of the market economy and their activities as creators of value and employment. Indeed, we live in an entrepreneurial economy model. In the first place, it is important to define the word 'entrepreneur': she/he is an individual who has the courage to...
Outsourcing: the success keys
Practical guide - 5 pages - Business strategy
Outsourcing has become one of the most strategic tools commonly used in the corporate world. Being a fairly new strategy, many do not yet know how to apply it effectively. Indeed, most companies using this tool have only seen the tip of the iceberg and venture into an area they do not know and do...
Logistics outsourcing: the current situation and the future
Dissertation - 7 pages - Logistics
In a constantly developing business world, concentrating on your core activity can sometimes become difficult, given the diversity and number of tasks to be accomplished. This explains why company executives have taken a series of measures, including the outsourcing of logistics. Logistics is a...
Outsourcing of human resources: the challenges and motivations of companies
Dissertation - 10 pages - Human resources
Companies today face many changes, regardless of their field of activity. The main objective of each of them is, of course, to achieve maximum profits in order to be able to continue their activity in the long term. Competition is a constant threat to societies, as it has come from all walks of...
Unilever in Vietnam: The "Perfect Village" - Should Unilever try to replicate the PV model in other countries?
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Unilever has successfully penetrated the Vietnamese market and made significant profits despite the geographical and cultural challenges it faced in this region, which are predominantly rural. This success was not a coincidence but rather the product of a thoughtful, sustainable living plan that...
Geev, an ethical French start-up
Case study - 1 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
First, I would like to know if someone had ever heard about Geev before? How many? Okay, so for those who don't know what I'm talking about, here's the long story short! Geev, it's a French start-up that was created by two business students at Bordeaux. They are the ones who...
Define intercultural management in a company
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Management
Business policies have changed significantly due to globalization. In the 21st century, we are talking about intercultural management. This type of management is complicated to implement. This vision of the company applies particularly to large companies. The debate is often focused on...
Levendary Café: The China Challenge - Christopher A. Bartlett and Arar Han (2013) - What changes should the new CEO make to manage the company's international operations better?
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Despite the promising growth achieved by Levendary Café in China, under Louis Chen's management, within a year and a half of launching its operations in this fertile market (see appendix 1), the company is in crisis because of Chen's recent approaches, who rebelled against the decisions...
Detailed analysis of the financial performance of Tesla and NIO
Financial analysis - 15 pages - Finance
In this document, we will perform an analysis of two electric car manufacturers, Tesla and NIO. We will be able to compare their models, their strategy but above all their performance. Tesla and NIO are companies that design, build and market vehicles. They are therefore involved in research and...
International strategy analysis of Galeries Lafayette
Case study - 7 pages - Management
This assessment has been done on Galeries Lafayette Group. The group has been a pioneer in terms of business and distribution, with stores located in traditional city centers. The group has then diversified its core-business and acquired quite a lot of companies. BHV Marais, La Redoute,...
Internship summary sheet - Amazon
Internship report - 3 pages - Management
The internship is in EU Indirect Procurement at Amazon. I was based in the EU Headquarter in Luxembourg. The two categories which I was working on were Temp Labor and Manned Guarding in all Amazon warehouses across Europe. Nowadays Amazon is growing a 30% this year. Many new sites are to be...
Startups: The challenge of managing people
Case study - 6 pages - Management
The notion of leadership is important in the big well-known companies as well as the new-born ones. In this paper, we chose to focus on ‘leadership in startups' to explain the challenges they are facing and how those problems can be solved in this specific context. We will begin by...
Analysis of the strategy of the American company Netflix
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Netflix, an American company, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings, is the first company to offer DVD rental by mail from an order placed over the Internet. This desire to offer unlimited access to cultural content without having to travel is the result of a strategy of sophistication of the "DVD"...
How are companies adapting their activity to the COVID-19 crisis?
Case study - 9 pages - Management
In this argument, we will try to explain a management problem that companies constantly encounter in their environment, whatever their sector and size, taking into account more particularly in the current crisis context. Thus, the following question will be answered more precisely: "How are...
Equity research report - Danone
Financial analysis - 6 pages - Finance
The purpose of this document is to present a detailed equity research on Danone group. First of all, we will present a brief investment summary of Danone, followed by an extensive and detailed valuation work on the company (based on DCF and multiples). We will see some of the KPIs related to...
ATB - Digital disruption in the parking meter industry
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
This case study aims to show the effects and impacts of a disruptive innovation in the market. In this practical case ATB is a leading and dominant company in the parking meter market. For more than 30 years, the company has specialized in the manufacture and distribution of parking meters for...
The Impact of COVID-19 on South African Financial Markets
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
A new type of corona virus first identified in December 2019 has swept across the globe infecting millions of people. The virus, scientifically known as COVID-19, has caused many governments to declare a national state of disaster and to implement nationwide lockdowns to prevent the spread of the...
Financial globalization
Course material - 3 pages - Finance
The term financial globalization refers to a free movement of finance across national boundaries without facing any restrictions. Financial globalization requires the introduction of a worldwide single currency managed and regulated by a single international monetary authority. The first...
Development and performance of the purchasing function within the pharmaceutical industry
Dissertation - 34 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
Since its introduction, the Purchasing function faced major changes and is taking on a more strategic role in many organisations. It was also shown that strategic purchasing leads to positive savings performance. Showing that the purchasing function is at an equal level of importance with other...
The Presence of Innovation and Creativity in The Workplace and its Impacts
Essay - 4 pages - Management
This research will be focused on the business field, within the organisation, it will be discussing the importance of constant innovation and creativity as primary assets that an enterprise can use to its benefit, as well as how it can easily positively impact a business. When both united can...
Human Resources - Comparison Between Two Countries, Japan and United States of America
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
In this paper, I will be comparing two countries, which are the United States and Japan. I will be discussing all forms of similarities and differences. I chose those two countries because the large geographical distance and strong language barrier between them also plays a role in the extent of...
International Companies and their Strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
As a result of the globalisation that we are witnessing for more than twenty decades, the smallest of companies could cross seas and establish business in foreign lands, as a consequence of that, many names have been given to these companies that succeeded in doing business abroad. The three main...
Example of a financial analysis - Air Liquide
Financial analysis - 7 pages - Finance
Our analysis focuses on the French International company Air Liquide a world leader in the production and distribution of gas and services for industry and health. We will analyse Air Liquide, focusing on its business model, its market and its financial performance. Our analysis focuses on the...
The post-COVID-19 Automotive Industry - Challenges and Solutions
Sectorial analysis - 5 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all industries. While the tourism sector, as well as the aeronautics sector, has been particularly affected by the pandemic, several other sectors are also facing a similar crisis. This is particularly the case with the automotive industry....
Logistics Optimisation: The Case of Storage
Case study - 11 pages - Logistics
The logistical organisation, as part of the routing of products, from manufacturing to the points of consumption, is a succession of transport and warehousing phases. Within the framework of the logistical platform, storage is the upstream part of the process, handled by the reception and stock...
How to Write a Successful Business Plan?
Business plan - 9 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
In order to achieve any goal or project, all companies face a common problem: "planning for the future". Indeed, the reality is that we cannot predict precisely what will happen in the future or the consequences our present decisions will have on that future. However, entrepreneurs have a tool...
Recruitment: methods, trends...
Dissertation - 10 pages - Human resources
Recruitment is one of the most essential components of human resource management in any company today. In France where the unemployment rate remains high, and with candidates who are being forced to combine several skills and sometimes even several jobs, it is interesting to explore the subject...
